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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-28
Hts Results,

De Quincy, in his Confessions, has
depicted IN glowing colors the horrors
attendant on O~pium-eatidg, bus his
mastery touch lends even that subject a
q grace and fascination nc should NOT
possess. The truth is, that no habit ia at.
tended by such squalid, unpoetlc misery,
The following realistic picture, given by
the New York Journal, presents TIE
morphine fend" in his true colors
quite Invested of the glamor which hung
about the brilliant essayist:
Give me only a few dropsi For Gods
sake, give me just a littel"
Ihe words came from q shrunken-faced
man, who stood in front of q drug store.
as he raised his hand appealingly.
~ cannot give yon any," replied the
druggist, as he closed the door in the
mans face. fg
The latter began q furious pounding
on the door, and presently o policeman
appeared,
whats the row. he asked.
."This man. ia o morphine 6end,n re-
piled the druggist, land I can't sell HIM
any"
"Oh. for heavens sake, give ms Just !
littlei See / have money" ].
The policeman led the man away, but
ten minutes later he was back again.
The policeman again appeared, and
dragged the man of in the direction OF
the station house.
"If you 20 home, Eli let you GO" said
the kind hearted policeman.
The man promised to go directly
home, and started away. In hour after.
wards he WAS again in front of the drug
store, b~eseechinR the proprietor to sell
him o small quantity OF morphine.
This time another policeman came in
sight, and, in response to the druggist's
demands, ordered the morphine ssfiend"
away. Threats were useless, and the
policeman Quilted the mans ears. It
wss;in vain he still pleaded for the drug.
Then the policeman showed the man
away. The man seemed very feeble,
and fell headlong on the pavement.
When he got up, the blood was how-
ing from his mouth, but he refused to
go away, and the policeman wal COM
PEELED to take him to the station house.
|-Youths' Companion.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15

From a chemical point of view man Is
composed of thirteen elements, of which
five are gases and eight are solids. II
we consider the chemical composition OF
man of the average weight of 1874 pounds
we will find that he is composed in large
part of oxygen, which Is in state of ex-
treme compression. In fact man weigh.
ing 1914 pounds contains ninety seven OF
oxygen, the volume of which, at ordina-
ry temperature, would exceed $50 cubic
feet. The hydrogen is much less in quan-
ity, there being less than fifteen pounds,
but which in free state would occupy
volume 2800 cubic feet. The three other
gases are nitrogen, nearly four pounds;
chlorine, about twenty-six ounces, and
fiourine. three and a quarter ounces. OF
the solids. carbon stands at the head of
matalloids, there being fortyeight pounds.
Next comes phosphorus, twenty-six oun.
ces, and sulphur, three and quarter
ounces. The most abundant metal Is
calcium, more than three pounds; next
potassium, two and half ounces sodium,
two and quarter ounces. 1t Is needless
to say that the various combinations
made by these thirteen elements are al.
most innumerable.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
APoInted Epitaph.

Genius, ecceniricity or an ambition to
be heard from after death, puts some
singular Inscriptions upon the grave
stones in almost every churchyard OF the
land Up in New Jersey the following
is found upon the headstone of grabbed
old man who did not care very much for
mankind when he was living;
Reader. pass on--don't waste your time
Oh bad biography and bitter rhyms;
For what i am, this crumbling clay in-
suresl
And what / was is no affair of yours -
Exchange.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
Irish Families In Chill.

Many of the leading men Of Chilli are
and have been of Irish descent. Barney
O'Higgins was the liberator--the George
Westinghouse the republic, and Patrick
Lynch was the foremost soldier of Chill in
the late war. The o. 'Learys and McGarrys
and other Chillano-Irish families are
prominent in politics and war and trade.
There is n sympathetic bond between the
shamrock and the condor, and nowhere in
South America does the Irish cmigrant 30
prospcroul ly t'Ir.vc. -Ifarpcr'G Ma-azrc.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15

What do you call this anyhow asked
a city visitor of Dakota granger, while
they both held fast to pair of trees to
prevent being blown away.
'Waal, er dunno yit; it looks ez tho't
mout turn inter CT cyclone. There 3
Bill Poor's barn up thar above our heds
er sailin' fer ther mkt kounty an Bill's
steers wuz blowed over er minute er 20
with Bill hangin' ontew um an trying fer
ter hold um back. This hyar's only er
squall; but .er'I be dernc eff ct dOan look
like ct mout turn inter cyclone emmy min
ute"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
When the Constitution was Adopted.

The ratification of the constitution by
the several states occurred upon the dates
indicated b low:
Delaware, Dec q Pennsylvania, Dec.
II; New Jersey, Dec. IS, of 1887; Georgia.
Jan. 2; Connecticut, Jan. o; Massachu-
sets, Feb. 6; Maryl4nd, April q; South
Carolina. May 90; New Hampshire (the
ninth state), June 81; Virginia, June 20;
New York, July &c; 1888; North Carolina,
Nov. %, and Rhode Island, May 30, 1899.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
p III A r M A G VI

''Iook herer' said an attendant, poking
his head in the door, twill you two shut
ups Next time you want TO entertain the
public just hire hall, will your This
here's no place to waste your eloquence.
And slumber fell upon the household
Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15

Judge Tourgee, in turning over his
latest book, IAN Appeal to Cesar, to
his magazine creditors, remarked that be-
tween editing a weekly magazine aud
going 10 hell he would select Satan Hocie.
ty. And yet most people who have
never tried it labor under the delusion
that editorial work may be classed among
the lighter pastimes --Portrayer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
Rem dy for Burns.

A remedy for burns, proposed by NJ
Dubois Jour. de Med de Nantes), con-
sists in allowing the contents of siphon
of seltzer water flow slowly over the af-
fected parts. 1t quiets the pain almost in
stantly, and the writer believes it hat
tens the final cure He ascribes the good
effects to the carbonic acid gas and to the
local lowering of the temperature
American Journal of Pharmacy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
ANNAPOLIS Nd THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 10 1887


we win insert I'm this column advertise.
meufs of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
round, &C., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK, or less, for 20 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15

SeIf-Ioye exaggerates both our faults
and virtues.
Love is not blind in Boston. It's sim
ply ear-sighted.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15

Water Melons on fce.-Go to John. B.
Floods, corner Green and Main Streets,
and order "Cobb's Gem, !" melon on ice.
Sent TO your residence Free. S1S
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
A BIG BUSINESS.

"They do big business from years end
to years end, you bet. You see there's
thousands and thousands of people i'm New
York that haven't got home and they're
glad enough to get the semblanee of one
for night at this price. No one can real
ize until they've tried it what the feeling
is to be walking about the streets at night
fall and know that there is no place you
can go to. Nobody's looking for yQu and
you haven't money enough to go to n ho-
tel, and then the sight of that little old
shinglc out there is very welcome. One
Of these houses holds about sixty people
for the night, and they are, as say,
mostly full, with a cheap chop house in
the basement, as a rule, where they make
money too: house of this kind pays
well Kind of people who como here?
Oh, well, some like me, down on their
luck for time and glad to hide out in
one of these places until they are ON their
feet again. Then a lot more like that fel-
low snoring over there-drunk and pretty
near disorderly. Lots Of tramps, shady
characters the police have their eye upon,
thieves, shabby gentlemen like the old
fellow they turned away tonight, dead
beats, buns, all the floating population
out Of money. The attendants are ruf.
fans mostly. TO-night's an on right and
things are pretty quiet, but sometimes the
drunken gentry become entirely disorder
II, the others join III to help out the row
and things get noisy. Then these fellows
come in and knock out right and left tin
they get the house on peace basis. About
the womens No women allowed here.
They have cheap lodgings Of their own
The police forbid any lodging house keeper
who runs cheap place to mix the sexes;
he has to keep strictly to one or the
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
"ANTED.

Acompetent WOMAN to do cooking and
house work. No washing or ironing. Apply
at THIS OFFICE. 9A
ESOR SALE.-Two STOVES, and several ar
IL ticles OF FURNITURE. Apply at No. Is
Prince George street. 9l4-lw.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
NOTICE

Every member OF Annapolis Division No.
16 8 of L. are requested to meet at theta hall
MONDAY NIGHT. Sept. 18th, as business of
Special Importance VIII require the atten-
dance of Every Member, BY order.
9l3 GEO, NJ. HYDE, r.. s.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
WANTED.

To Buy q Black and Tan TERRIER DOG,
about six months old. Apply at This OFFICE
ROY WANTED in Store Enquire at this
ID Office .9T2w
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
"A New CennleterY.

tsHlHE ANCIENT CITY," RILEY'S
HISTORY OF ANNAPOLIS.-
From 1649 to 1887, 396 Pages. Cloth
Price So. Sent postpa by mail. Ad-
dress, ELIHU S. RILEY, Annapolis, Md.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
For Rent

EEA DwELLING-with Bath. Hot and Cold
9Sd Water. Stable attached. Formerly oc-
cupied by Thomas j. Wier, on West Street.
612lw JULIAN BREWER, Agt
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15

T OST.-A white and yellow PUP about
IL weeks old. The finder viii be rewarded
by returning to X. REDMOND, West ST. %97
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15
For Sale

s<zsa>. A good RATTEAU % feet long
EAaas~a@l1HFas in good condition and all ready
for Clustering. Will carry from
60 to 20 bushels of oysters. Apply to A. p,
ERLANDSoN, Maryland Steamboat Wharf.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-15

A Night in "a New York establishments.
Glimpse OF an Uninviting Interior.
Down ON Ills Lucl-A Big business.
The Patrons.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23
SNAKES IN MEXICO.
The Inconceivable Number of Serpents
Found ON Chapaia's Islands.

The InconceIvable Number of Serpents
Found on Chapala's Islands.
Some of the islands are absolutely
unexplorable, because of the inconceiv-
able number and variety of the serpents
that infest them. No wonder those
early Indians considered skirt. OF
woven snakes the most appropriate gar.
ment for the goddess of the earth!
Centuries before the coming Of the Az.
tees the poetical people who inhabited
these Western shores, contemplating
the azure Pacific. named the goddess
of water Chalchiuhtlicue-..she OF the
skirts of blue;' and no less appropri.
atelv the tribes of this section called the
earth's goddess Chihuacoatl-..she OF
the skirt of snakes Other tribes call
her Coatlicne-'.the woman serpent =
the Aztec Eve, whose head is ser.
pent's, with the breast and limbs of 8
woman, and whose gown is web Of
snakes adorned with tassels and feath.
ers. In attempting to explore some oi
the islands of Lake Chapala it seemed
as If the earth literally wore a .sslxirt Of
serpents.' . The ground swarmed with
them, swaying and writhing from every
bush, Kissing and squirming on every
fallen tree, and rippling the water il
all directions. 1t was a question as t.
which were more numerous, the bird.
above or snakes below. They tell u.
that as soon as the spring birds reap
pear there is great gathering O
snakes below and hawks above. TIL,
latter literally cover the trees, ant
whenever hunger dictates they make {
dash at the tired little creatures wht
have settled upon the islands after thei1
annual return from some unknown re
gion. Il bird escape the hawks and
seeks to refresh himself with drink, in
the twinkling of an eye he is swallowed
by one Of the greedy serpents that Ii,
in wait for him at the waters edge
Cor. Philadelphia Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Don't scratch matches on anybody
else's walls or woodwork.
There is quite difference be-
tween law and justice. - Philadelphia
North american.
Mamma = s.Gracious goodness,
child! What on earth are you doinga"
Little LADY, am watering the flowers
on mamma new bonnet. They looked
so dreadfully dry. Detroit Free Press.
"A Pointer for Lovers Bold
Pause not to plead for a caress
Unless you doubt veracitys
For mo- means yes
II YOU transgress
With loverlike audacity.
An old maxim is, HE that in
creaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
This probably accounts for the fact that
so many college young men prefer base
ball to the classies.-N Y. Graphic.
Social Cooperation: Debutante-
What beautiful china the de Jones
have" Old Stager -"'Tis rather
pretty. It looked much better at
Smythe's last week, though. Smytbe's
mahogany table rather set it off,
Life.
What makes Jones so near-sighfed
lately. He n'tseem to know fellow
when he meets him. "His father has
Just died" "Well. never thought
grief for the governor would affect his
eyesight." 1T don't. But he's come
in for all the governors money. -
1oaon Topics.
From Chinese paper we see that
among other things: '.Na-si thou-ni
hu-tang chie-Tsu meng-leng, 81 ip-u
chieh- khia-to-ko. ua-um iu-keng kien-
kuzui-tok thi-si Quinn loh hou-n We
always said we believed that those
almond-eyed heather wrote the words
for all our Easter hymns, and now we
know it. We heard that very hymn
sung in the most fashionable church in
this town the very last Easter as evei
was. Burdette.
/ "A woman in Newport ut the Late
Rhode Island election, thought she wai
helping the cause Of female suffrage
when she laid on the ballot-box in tht
First ward polling place this efusion
Let womaA express her opinion.
Let hei entle voice be heard
A Like the fnurmur of the nillow,e
Or the sws6t song Of 9 bird,
Which is very pretty, only wornel
doesn't, as rule. texpress her opinion
iquite that way.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23
FORMS OF oATHs.

Some OF the Most Ancient Modes Of Swear
ing Recorded by Historians.
The ancient Germans swore by their
gods, by their swords and by their
boards.
The Scandinavians, besides appealing
to the gods, touched a bloody ring in
the hands of a priest.
In some parts of China a witness is
sworn upon saucer. which is broken
at the moment he takes the oath.
The Hindoo swears by the Veda, the
sacred book of his religion. In like
manner the Mohainmedan is sworn on
the Koran.
In Egypt the custom prevailed Of
swearing by the goose. This is said
to have been on account Of the venera-
ton in which the goose was held in
that country.
In Madagascar the people swear
either by their sovereign or by their
mothers, and there are two forms of
witnessing the oath, one to ''strike the
water" and the other to ..spear the
calf.n
The ancient Greeks and Romans
swore by Jupiter, Minerva, Neptune
and other gods and goddesses, laying
their heads upon the altar of the divinity
sworn by in taking a particularly sacred
oath.
Anciently the Jews swore by Jerusa-
lem, by the temple, by the God of Israel,
and also by broken glass, this last form
being similar to the Chinese custom Of
breaking saucer against the witness.
/ box.
In "Bruce's Travels it is said thai
in Abyssinia 'they took the two fore
fingers of my right hand, one after the
other, and then kissed them-a form ot
swearing used there, at least among
those who call themselves Christians. p"
i The most ancient form of swearing
OF which there is any record is thai
mentioned in the Bible in Genesis
where Abraham, swearing his eldes
servant, required him to place his HAND
under his (Abraham's) thigh. Thi:
form is mentioned in several places il
the Old Testament
! According to Oldfeld, in his "Expe
dition Into the Interior of Africa by tn,
Niger" at Iddah placing naked swort
or knife to the throat is looked upon a
the strongest proof of innocence ant
the most solemn form of oath they car
administer. In this manner the Kins
is sworn, sometimes at the point of ,
poisoned arrow. ~ Chicago Neaos.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23
WASTED SWEETS.

rvo msidens pause upons he street:-t"K "Kiss-
Kiss!'o
sr,ov long since have met you, sweetf'-
faKiss-Kiss!"
sr,m out to buy the last new song"
syrhv have you been away SO long!
roms up and spend half day;
I've much to show, and mucn 70 say;
Nov. come; on that my heart Is setf-('iKiss
Kissro
s,,. snre win. I'll not forget ti-( IS Kiss-Kiss!')
gbev mart; from each the smiles have flown,
Ham each brow a scowl has grown.
saws one: IF the truth confessed,
She ID the one Imost detest!"
me others thoughts are quite the same;
sro ask her was much to blame.
Ionly hope she will not call,
For that would be the worst OF air.
q. wasted sweetsi What folly this,
when maids betray with lying Essl
-7yd-B Bits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The annual product of maple sugar
in the United States is estimated at forty
million pounds. - Christian at Work
One firm of envelope manufacturers
in London is said to make 1000. 600
envelopes day.
According to one estimate. the
orange industry of Florida has increased
ten-fold in five years.
Mere than six billion pounds OF
fish were brought to the wharves of
Portsmouth N. H., during the past
winter fishing season.
"A Rochester astronomer states that
he has observed that during solar dis
turbances there are many sudden deaths
from paralysis and apoplexy.
An English company has perfected
its arrangements for providing sick
chambers with telephones. The object
is to give persons suffering from con-
tagious diseases chance to talk with
their friends. Speaking tubes are mad
missable on account of the infectious
nature of the breath. h.-Boston Budget.
According to astronomers we may
expect the appearance of the .'Star OF
of Bethlehem this year, which will be
the sixth time since the birth of Christ.
The star is said to appear directly north
of the North star, and to be visible, in
its dazzling light, at MONDAY. It is a
solar orb, many times the magnitude OF
our sun. whose orbit is yet uncalculated
by any astronomer, and it is the most
marvellous of the celestial phenomena
Indianapolis Journal.
OF 10000 carbons burned daily in
the electric lights used in the United
States. 100000 are manufactured in
Cleveland, o. Six years ago all the
carbons burned in this country wera
made in single room in Boston. Now
there are twenty carbon furnaces in
Cleveland alone. The carbons are made
chiefly of the residuum of oil after it has
been refined, but the deposit about
natural gas wells is also coming into
use.-Pubsic Opinion.
/ The manufacture of rubies has late
ly reached such perfection that the arti-
fetal Product is often more valuable
than the natural stone. The process
employed is that of M. Frenzy, who has
described it to the Paris Academy OF
Sciences. Discarding method discov-
cred by him some years ago. he now
dissolves alumina in fiuoride Of calcium,
and obtains red crystals of alumina, or
perfect rubies, which may be made OF
large size.
And now Nicolarer. student in
Flujges laboratory. claims to have dis
covered the special bacillus or micro
organism causing lockjaw, and Bruger
puts forth claims that the disease is also
due to the ptomaine .'tetanine," pro-
duced in certain stages of putrefaction.
This is definite chemical compound
which can be isolated by appropriate
chemical processes. When injected be-
meath the skin it will produce adisease
j developing all the phenomena Of lock-
law
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23

"A Scotch nobleman. seeing an old
gardener Of his establishment with a
very ragged coat, made some passing
remark on its condition. Its vera
guid coat, said the honest old man.
Il can not agree with you there" !" said
his lordship. "Ay, it's vera guild
coat, " persisted the old man; ut covers
contented spirit and a body that owes
no man any thing, and that's mair than
mony man can say Of his coat.''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23

Colonel James Young, farmer OF
Middletown, Pa, planted 1889 trees
on Pennsylvauia's Arbor Day, includ-
ing IS fruit trees. 276 willow and 92f
locust trees.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23
Exempt From Execution.

Lawyer Ito Uncle Rastus, who is in
,ome trouble) You say the sheriff
threatens to sell you outp
Uncle Rastus- Yes, sab; he say de
null business mus go, de ole 'ooman's
iewelry, an all.
Lawyer-Has your wife got any jew
elry, Uncle Rastus!
Uncle Rastns--De only article Of
jewelry apparel wot de ole woman hab
got, sab, am stone bruise on her heel.
| spec she don sell dat.-N. z. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23

''My night in royal tomb was ended,
and never since then have Ientered one
of the mortuary halls of ancient Egypt"
Thomas W. Knor, in Youths Cons-
pdsion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23

The FREELY and the glow-worm are
lamp-lights.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-23

= German entemologist declares
that spiders destroy more insect enemies
than do all the insect-eating birds,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-10
Bradford.

PITTsBURG, December 9. -petroieuh -
Fairly active and firm; opened at 1Gc
closed at 77!c; highest T78c; lowest 7Gc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-10
BRIGANDS BEHIND BARS.
A Desperate Gang Captured and Jaile
FAIRS of "A Rescue.

A Desperate Gang Captured and Jailed.
Fears of a Rescue.
Fl. WORTH. TAN, December S.-After
months of watching and pursuit the ring
leaders of the famous BrOOkirg gang of
thieves aud train robbers were last night
landed in Jail.
The entire Ranger force VI the Pan
Handle. in command of Captain McMur-
ray, and the Sheriff. OF three counties
end their deputies, have been at work on
these cases for nearly year.
The scene of the depredNtiOns was III
Childress, Wilbarger, Baylor and adioin-
ing PORTIONS OF the State. The rUbbeIs
lived in Canons and caves, and were q well
organized band. All the big rauchmen
have suffered at their hands, aud in one
case a whole herd OF cattle were stolen in
Green county and taken TO Kansas and
sold.
The train. on its arrival last night, had
the appearance of bearing a little army,
Winchesters and revolvers appearing in
large plumbers The men placed in the
Tarrant county Jail We're BoOde BroOking,
captain ofthe Srigands; c. Spencer, Wylie
Bell. J. Y. Burke, Mike Swain and Sam
Prescott Arizona Kid and three others
were left in Vernon Jail. The scene OF the
crimes of these men Is l76 miles from Fort
Worth, But they are brought here for fear
of rescue.